these days; nowadays; recently
how are things with you?; how are you doing?; how are you getting along?; how have you been?; how are you?
to become popular; to grow in popularity; to catch on
one-way (trip); one-way ticket
to pile up and up; to pile up more and more; to mount (e.g. debts, concerns)
to be mixed; to be blended with; to associate with; to mingle with; to join
fallen leaves; leaf litter; falling leaves
good; goodness; right; virtue
central; main; just (done); counter for consecutive losses
knowledge; awareness; acceptance; consent; forgiving; pardoning
just a handful; only a small number (of)
gate (for entry, boarding, etc.); gate; logic element
sporadic; disconnected; discontinuous; scattered; at intervals; random
sanity; consciousness; soberness
erection (of the penis); becoming erect; stiffening; welling up (of an emotion)
clap (sound of wooden clappers); chop vigorously; slight movement (e.g. poke, small bird alighting); the end; originally end of a play, marked by clap of clappers; dot (esp. typographical)
fragment; broken piece; splinter; chip; shard
passenger; rider; good rider
bitter tears; (lit.) tears of blood
unexpected; unforeseen; accidental
sublime; noble; high-minded
yelp; yap; yipe; kiang (Equus kiang); kyang
gurgling down; being sucked into; caving in suddenly
head over heels; headlong; head first
diffuse reflection; diffused reflection; irregular reflection
slightly; lightly; thinly; faintly; dimly
to escape from; to get out
to hit and break open; to crush; to smash
flutter kick (swimming); the thrash
shameful; disgraceful; unsightly; indecent; unseemly; unbecoming
absentmindedness; preoccupation; setting one's mind at ease; ceasing to worry; (arch.) loss of one's moral sense; (arch.) straying from virtue
to pull up; to drag up; to increase; to raise (e.g. taxes); to withdraw; to leave; to promote (someone to a higher position)